Floriano Vaz

On 9 September 2021, at Vaz's 58th birth anniversary, Barretto and the Councilors of Margao demanded that for his contributions to the Konkani language, Vaz should be remembered officially at government level. Barretto further added, Vaz is an inspiration to the scheduled tribe community (ST) and will make sure that justice is served to the ST community in all fronts.

The accompanying ASI then faked an injury but refused x-ray when he was admitted at a local government hospital. He later yielded once the medical officer insisted. The prevailing night of Vaz's death, a fishing net factory owned by the Naique family was set on fire. The next day, Bhagvanta Naique offered MLAs, Uday Bhembre and Luizinho Faleiro a sum of amount ₹20,000 (equivalent to ₹230,000 or US$2,900 in 2020) as compensation to the Vaz family. The same evening another fishing net factory the family owned was destroyed which forced the Naique's to stay at home.

On 21 December 2015, at Vaz's 29th death anniversary, his brother, several well wishers and relatives paid floral tributes to the bust at Gogol traffic junction. The scheduled tribe association president, Camilo Barretto demanded immediate resignation of then Bicholim M.L.A, Naresh Sawal from the Goa Legislative Assembly and appealed that he may migrate to Maharashtra for demanding equal official status for the Marathi language. Barretto further demanded that the Government of Goa should provide jobs to Vaz's family, he also stated that many politicians in the past had made promises of providing jobs to the family and restoration of Vaz's house but till date none was fulfilled.

On 16 September 2012, Vaz's bust was vandalized by unknown individuals, the Dalgado Konknni Akademi expressed their shock and distress over the matter and asked the state government to take strict action on those who were responsible and rebuild the sculpture as fast as possible.

Since 21 December 2011, the Floriano Vaz recreation complex is under construction at Chandravaddo, Fatorda.

A case study was done a year later after Vaz's death in 1987, by Lionel Messias which was published in Gomantak Times Weekender on 24 December 2006. As per his investigation, the death of Vaz was a "cold blooded murder" and attempts were made to close the case. Messias states that the day Vaz was murdered, around noon, Jose Francisco Gomes a local of the Gogol neighborhood heard a single gunshot and ran towards the three houses owned by the Vaz clan. Gomes witnessed Vaz fallen on the ground injured with a stomach wound, he also noticed a fiat car, possibly the Premier Padmini driven by Naique, parked besides the SRP van.

On 20 December 1986, a heated argument took place between Sudin Bhagvanta Naique, a businessman and son of a prominent Gaud Saraswat Brahmin industrialist from Comba and his ex-employee, Vaz. The latter and his supporters had stopped his car from moving forward by blocking the road with boulders. At 1:20 pm, Rajaram G. Pawar, a head constable of the Gujarat State Reserve (SRP) at the behest of Naique shot Vaz, aged 23 with a 303 rifle near his residence at Gogol.

Floriano Vaz (8 September 1963 – 20 December 1986) was an Indian writer and activist from Goa. He was the first martyr of the scheduled tribe community who fought for the official status of the Konkani language during the Konkani language agitation.

Floriano Vaz was born on 8 September 1963 at Cortalim, he hailed from Gogol near Margao. Vaz belonged to the scheduled tribe community and has a brother and a sister.